abbreviations
Example Sentences
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It used telegraph lines to report transactions in almost real time, printing them out on rolls of tape in abbreviations that insiders could interpret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Castellanos said Quintana’s account would post Instagram stories with “symbols or abbreviations which coincided with intersections allowing for all to respond in a flash mob fashion and overwhelm the location.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Indians are fond of their abbreviations and acronyms and you’re likely to come across a fair few of those in this live page.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
The new tool is called the Burnout Assessment Tool, or BAT among researchers who have a penchant for amusing abbreviations.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Obviously writers cannot avoid abbreviations and technical terms altogether.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
